AS Ekspress Grupp: AS SL Õhtuleht to acquire the shares of AS Linnaleht 05.07

The Supervisory Board of AS SL Õhtuleht has decided to acquire 100% ownership of AS Linnaleht from AS Eesti Meedia and Eesti Päevalehe AS (a subsidiary of AS Ekspress Grupp) with the future plan to merge AS Linnaleht with AS SL Õhtuleht. The planned merger would not affect the publication of the newspapers.

AS Ekspress
Grupp acquired 50% ownership of AS Linnaleht with the acquisition of additional
shareholding in Eesti Päevalehe AS in March 2011.

The
transaction does not change the Group’s shareholding in AS Linnaleht.